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First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Get used to it Kobe. Get used to NBA. This could be the beginning of your worst...shoved the Cavs to within the brink of playoff elimination, Phil Knight is this close to realizing...
Blog | May 27, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Finals. The Magic seem better equipped. ... Unlike during the regular season and first two rounds of the playoffs when his teammates constantly rose to his aid, it is not happening against the Magic. Mo Williams...
Blog | May 25, 2009Monday Playoff Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...in there is there any real optimism about the Pistons doing well in this year's playoffs. Basketball can seem complex. For instance, consider some of what David Thorpe tells us about the Cavaliers...
Blog | April 20, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...39;t follow March Madness into complete predictability over the next eight weeks, if the NBA stuffed its postseason, which begins this weekend, with one surprise outcome after another. It would cause quite a...
Blog | April 17, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...league, it meant $25,000. That's how much the Celtics captain was fined for what the NBA called a 'menacing gesture.' Sources said the signal was consistent with a gang-related threat, though the...
Blog | April 29, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...latest example of the fact that he runs NBA basketball teams about as well as he hit...point when New Jersey very much remained in playoff contention. ... Similarly, O'Neal bailed on the Heat...
Blog | April 28, 2008TrueHoop's Stat Geek Smackdown: 2008 Playoffs
Henry Abbott, ESPN.comTrueHoop's Stat Geek Smackdown is back for the 2008 NBA playoffs.
Story | Conversation | April 18, 2008First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMike McGraw of the Daily Herald: "A small thing like points off the bench might make a huge difference for the Bulls, who probably never guessed they'...
Blog | December 10, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...I'm amused by all the talk about the Trail Blazers making a trade to improve their playoff chances this season. So whom do you deal -- Brandon Roy or LaMarcus Aldridge? Uh, no. Rudy Fernandez...
Blog | December 08, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopDan Bickley of The Arizona Republic: "Already, this reshaped basketball team has become the talk of the NBA, just like it did in 2004. That's when the run-and-gun Suns were formed, a...
Blog | November 11, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopGeoff Calkins of The Commercial-Appeal: "The Grizzlies should never have signed Allen Iverson. By signing him and then losing him, they're making it h...
Blog | November 09, 2009Magic and Bird: The Past On the Present
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...couple of grumpy old men who think the NBA might as well have folded after they retired...Orlando Magic beat his Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs. I can remember when I played, I wouldn...
Blog | November 02, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "The principals on both sides understand that this was only the beginning of a very long journey. By the next time they ...
Blog | October 28, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the past,' said Mr. Grover, who daily has watched Arenas play against fellow Attack clients and NBA stars such as Dwyane Wade, O.J. Mayo and Tracy McGrady. 'I have no reason to...
Blog | September 16, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...become great. The Pistons eliminated the Bulls in the 1988, 1989 and 1990 playoffs on their way to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances. Even though Jordan lost to the Pistons in the 1990 Eastern...
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